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<h2 id="_faq"><a class="link" href="#_faq">FAQ</a></h2>
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<p>Find concise answers for the most frequently asked questions about the Eclipse N4JS project.</p>
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<p>Common N4JS topics such as Open-Sourcing, JavaScript, Java and Typescript Comparison.</p>
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<p>A comparison between the features of N4JS and Java.</p>
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<p>A comparison between the features of N4JS and Typescript.</p>
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<p>The <a href="../features/index.html">Feature Table</a> describes the state of all current N4JS Language and IDE features.
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<p>Learn about the benefits of asynchronous data flows and how they work with N4JS code.</p>
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<p>Configure dependencies between classes with built-in Dependency Injection support.</p>
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<p>N4JS Generics look similar to Java&#8217;s generics with some differences that are illustrated in this article.</p>
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<p>Modules help keep code well-defined and easy to comprehend. Read about keeping large projects maintainable with Module support within the N4JS IDE.</p>
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<p>Seamless integration of N4JS projects with existing node.js-based environments.</p>
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<a href="../features/nominal-and-structural-typing.html">Nominal vs. Structural Typing</a> 
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<p>N4JS provides both forms of typing. Read the feature on how they are combined in N4JS.</p>
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<p>The N4JS IDE and the built-in test execution runtime Mangelhaft were designed from the ground-up to support Test Driven Development. Explore how testing with N4JS will help ensure your projects behave as expected.</p>
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<p>This short introduction covers the basics of getting up and running with the
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<p>The npm Export Guide briefly covers the essentials of Node.js development. A simple
code example is written and exported from the N4JS IDE as an npm package, run from
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